All Chapters of HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

ELARA POVThe satisfying crack of bone meeting bone echoed across the training grounds, and I didn't even blink."Again," I said, watching Jenna pick herself up from the dirt for the third time this morning. Her wolf was strong, her instincts sharp, but she telegraphed her moves like she was sending an engraved invitation. "You're dropping your left shoulder before you strike. Any competent fighter will see it coming and put you on your ass. Which is exactly what just happened."Jenna wiped blood from her split lip and grinned. "Yes, Alpha."That still sent a thrill through me. Alpha. Not omega. Not the pathetic, worthless nothing I'd been told I was for eighteen years. I was Alpha Elara Reed now, and every wolf in Shadow Creek Pack would follow me into hell if I asked.I gestured for her to reset her stance. "Your power means nothing if you can't land a hit. Zara, demonstrate."My head warrior moved like liquid death. One moment she was standing beside me, the next she had Jenna pinn

ELARA POVI was wiping mashed carrots off the kitchen counter when the memory hit me. No warning, no build-up. Just Luna asking why she didn't have a daddy like the other pups, and suddenly I was eighteen years old again, standing in Thornwood's ceremony hall wearing a dress that didn't fit right.The memory dragged me under before I could stop it.I'd known something was wrong the moment I walked into that hall. The whispers had started immediately, spreading through the crowd like poison. There's the omega. What's she doing here? Why is she dressed for a mating ceremony? The pitying looks from some wolves, the disgusted sneers from others. I'd kept my head down and tried to make myself smaller, the way I always did back then.Then Kai had walked in, and the bond had snapped into place so hard it stole my breath. Mate. Mine. The word had echoed through my entire body, through the empty space where my wolf should have been. I'd looked up at him with hope I shouldn't have allowed mysel

ELARA POVI heard Aiden's question before I saw Kai standing there, and my entire world stopped.He smells like Mommy.No. No no no. This wasn't supposed to happen. Kai wasn't supposed to be here, wasn't supposed to see them, wasn't supposed to ever know they existed. I'd been so careful. Three years of keeping this secret, and it all came crashing down because Marcus brought him through the damn dining hall instead of straight to my office.I moved without thinking, crossing the room in seconds to put myself between Kai and my children. My children. Not his. Never his. He'd given up any right to them the moment he rejected me."Mommy!" Luna bounced in her seat, oblivious to the tension. "We're having pancakes! Harper made them with chocolate chips!""That's wonderful, baby." My voice came out steadier than I felt. I could feel Kai's eyes burning into my back, could practically hear his brain putting the pieces together. "Why don't you and Aiden finish eating in the kitchen with Harpe

ELARA POVKai looked like he was facing a firing squad, which honestly wasn't far from the truth. Every wolf in this room had a reason to hate him. They'd all heard the stories, seen the scars his rejection left on me. And now he stood in front of us asking for help like he had any right to it."Start talking," I said, keeping my voice neutral. As much as I wanted to throw him out on principle, my pack deserved to hear what he had to say before we made any decisions.He cleared his throat, and I noticed his hands were shaking slightly. Good. He should be nervous. "Three months ago, Thornwood Pack started experiencing unusual attacks. Rogues, but organized. Professional. At first we thought it was territorial disputes, bad luck. But the attacks kept escalating. More frequent, more coordinated, more deadly.""Sounds like you've made enemies," Zara said flatly. "Not our problem.""I thought the same thing." Kai didn't rise to the bait. "Until we started capturing rogues and interrogating